Nubian People Cluster | Joshua Project

People Cluster: Nubian What is a People Cluster?

Population

2,984,000

1.9% estimated
Annual Growth Rate

People Groups (Across Countries)

People Groups
(by Country)

Unreached Groups (by Country)

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Cluster Progress

The Joshua Project Progress Scale is an estimate of the progress of church planting among a people group, people cluster, country or language. The Progress Scale is derived from people group values for percent Evangelical and percent Christian Adherent.

Level	Description	Criteria
1	Unreached - Few evangelicals and few who identify as Christians. Little, if any, history of Christianity.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians <= 5%
2	Minimally reached - Few evangelicals, but significant number who identify as Christians.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 5% and <= 50%
3	Superficially reached - Few evangelicals, but many who identify as Christians. In great need of spiritual renewal and commitment to biblical faith.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 50%
4	Partially reached - Evangelicals have a modest presence.	Evangelicals > 2% and <= 10%
5	Significantly reached - Evangelicals have a significant presence.	Evangelicals > 10%

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Progress Scale: ☀︎●●●●● (
☀︎
= Frontier Unreached Peoples)
Photo	People Group ▲	Global Population	Peoples by Country	Unreached by Country	% Unreached Peoples	Popl in Unreached	% Popl in Unreached	Progress Scale	Primary Religion	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Est. Workers Needed *
	Afitti	5,600	1	1	100.0 %	5,600	100.0 %	0 ☀︎	Islam	0.0 %	0.0 %	1
	Birgid	30,000	1	1	100.0 %	30,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam	0.1 %	0.1 %	1
	Birgid, Arabized	184,000	1	1	100.0 %	184,000	100.0 %	0 ☀︎	Islam	0.0 %	0.0 %	4
	Dair	3,300	1	1	100.0 %	3,300	100.0 %	0 ☀︎	Islam	0.0 %	0.0 %	1
	Debri, Wei	2,700	1	1	100.0 %	2,700	100.0 %	0 ☀︎	Islam	0.0 %	0.0 %	1
	Delen	15,000	1	1	100.0 %	15,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam	0.5 %	0.1 %	1
	Ghulfan, Arabized	56,000	1	1	100.0 %	56,000	100.0 %	0 ☀︎	Islam	0.0 %	0.0 %	1
	Kadaru, Arabized	59,000	1	1	100.0 %	59,000	100.0 %	0 ☀︎	Islam	0.0 %	0.0 %	1
	Karko, Arabized	31,000	1	1	100.0 %	31,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam	1.0 %	0.2 %	1
	Keiga Jirru	5,800	1	1	100.0 %	5,800	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam	0.2 %	0.2 %	1
	Midob, Tidda Arabized	110,000	1	1	100.0 %	110,000	100.0 %	0 ☀︎	Islam	0.0 %	0.0 %	2
	Midobi	101,000	1	1	100.0 %	101,000	100.0 %	0 ☀︎	Islam	0.1 %	0.1 %	2
	Nubi	63,000	2	1	50.0 %	23,000	36.5 %	1 ●	Islam	1.6 %	1.6 %	1
	Nubian, Arabized	607,000	1	1	100.0 %	607,000	100.0 %	0 ☀︎	Islam	0.0 %	0.0 %	12
	Nubian, Dongola	86,000	1	1	100.0 %	86,000	100.0 %	0 ☀︎	Islam	0.0 %	0.0 %	2
	Nubian, Fedicca-Mohas	1,127,000	2	2	100.0 %	1,127,000	100.0 %	0 ☀︎	Islam	0.0 %	0.0 %	23
	Nubian, Kunuz	61,000	1	1	100.0 %	61,000	100.0 %	0 ☀︎	Islam	0.1 %	0.0 %	1
	Nyiman	191,000	1	1	100.0 %	191,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam	2.0 %	0.4 %	4
	Nyimang, Arabized	181,000	1	1	100.0 %	181,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam	1.0 %	0.1 %	4
	Wali, Arabized	65,000	1	1	100.0 %	65,000	100.0 %	1 ●	Islam	1.0 %	0.2 %	1
Totals:	20 Peoples (across countries)	2,984,000	22	21	95.5 %	2,944,000	98.7 %	●	Islam	0.3%	0.1%	65

* An estimate of the number of pioneer workers needed for initial church planting among unreached people groups by country. Estimates are calculated only for unreached people groups and are based on ratio of 1 worker-unit (single person or married couple) per 50,000 living in an unreached people group by country, or for example one team of four worker-units per 200,000 people. Some workers may already be onsite. Many more workers are needed beyond this initial estimate.

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